Part-Time MBA

Part-time MBA students learn tactics in the classroom that will have an immediate impact in their workplace. As the premier nationally ranked part-time MBA program in the Greater Cleveland area, Weatherhead attracts the finest business professionals looking to further their educations and careers. In addition to world-class instruction, the part-time MBA provides ample opportunities to engage with academic colleagues and to network with other business professionals in the region.

“I thoroughly enjoyed the structure of the cohort program; specifically the fact that we were together as one group throughout the journey. It enabled us to gain a deeper appreciation of differing backgrounds and ideas and ultimately to build long lasting relationships—just as you would get in a full-time program.”
— Cedric Crucke, PT-MBA ’13

Is This Program Right for Me?

If you are a busy, ambitious professional, the Weatherhead part-time MBA program is the perfect option to further your education. The part-time MBA is a three-year, 48-credit-hour, cohort-based program that offers the same challenging business concepts of the full-time MBA program, rooted in the three main themes of Weatherhead: leadership, business as an agent of world benefit, and manage by designing.

Managers create the worlds in which we work and live. In order to be prepared for the challenges of tomorrow, Weatherhead equips managers with the knowledge and tools necessary to effect change for both profitability and world betterment. Through revolutionary design in managing principles, you will be challenged to think beyond the default response to problems, combining the right-brained tools of a designer with a solid command of business principles to advance yourself, your colleagues, your company, and your world.

Students begin the program in the summer semester with Weatherhead’s Leadership Assessment and Development course, often referred to simply as LEAD. LEAD places students in teams deliberately set up to include a diversity of learning styles. Students then move through the three-year part-time MBA curriculum with that same group of peers. The cohort-based format allows participants to develop together as both students and colleagues, which facilitates the growth of a strong network and the fostering of lasting friendships.

If you’re interested in studying sustainability and learning how to manage by designing at one of the finest business schools in the country located in your own backyard, consider the Weatherhead part-time MBA. Apply today!

The Weatherhead School of Management is different from other business schools. We are bold in our ideas, creative in our approach, and adaptive in our interactions within a changing business environment. We've enhanced traditional management education by integrating the fundamentals of business with ideas and practices that change individuals, organizations and societies. At Weatherhead, we develop leaders as good global citizens who innovate to create sustainable value.
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